Toplines: Taxes

Survey of 800 Likely Voters

May 7-8, 2008

1* Generally speaking, do tax increases help the economy, hurt the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

14% Help
60% Hurt
15% No impact

11% Not sure

2* Okay… do tax cuts help the economy, hurt the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

55% Help
19% Hurt
19% No impact

7% Not sure

3* If Barack Obama is elected President, will taxes go up, down, or stay about the same.

51% Go up

9% Go down

32% Stay about the same

8% Not sure

4* Okay.. if John McCain is elected President, will taxes go up, down, or stay about the same.

33% Go up

13% Go down

47% Stay about the same

7% Not sure

5* Fine, if Hillary Clinton is elected President, will taxes go up, down, or stay about the same.

54% Go up

11% Go down

28% Stay about the same

7% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence